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Facebook has agreed a deal to broadcast La Liga matches over the next three seasons to South Asian users for free. A statement from La Liga said all 380 league matches for the new season, which begins on Friday, would be available to…

There is no plan to declare the seat of a senator, Godswill Akpabio, or that of any other defecting lawmaker vacant, Senate President Bukola Saraki has said. Mr Saraki was reacting to reports there were such plans and a reaction to…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), to overhaul the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Laolu Akande, spokesman of the acting president, disclosed this in a statement. The…

Ibrahim Dankwambo, Governor of Gombe State and a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently in a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to sources, the meeting is ongoing at…

A housewife identified as Harriet Nassali, has been arrested by the Ugandan police for reportedly beheading her husband, Siraje Kavuma, and digging a grave in their matrimonial bedroom with the intention of burying him. The lady who…

Indications emerged at the weekend that the Federal Government has finally succumbed to stakeholders’ pressure by removing Value Added Tax (VAT) on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) popularly called cooking gas. With this development,…

The police in Ondo State say a suspected kidnapper who was arrested in a botched kidnap attempt in Owo is dead following complications from a high intake of tramadol. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect had…

Mary Martins has just shared a scary robbery experience she had in Lagos last weekend when she and her friend rode on a bike from CMS to Mile 2. According to her, mid way through the journey the bike man started acting funny and stopped…

FIFA says it would suspend Nigeria from football activities if it fails to comply with its instructions. The world football governing body said it had been notified about the crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and it…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the actions of Senate President Bukola Saraki now borders on high treason. The party said this in reaction to the explanation given by Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of…

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, say no date has been fixed to reconvene national assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari had urged the national assembly to reconvene so as to…

Senator Dino Melaye is confident that nobody can impeach the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. The lawmaker who represents Kogi West district said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s flagship political programme,…

A 54-year-old, who claimed to be a professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Ibadan, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command after he fraudulently collected N1m from a man under the pretext of manufacturing animal…

THE Presidency on Monday said that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was behaving like a militant group instead of following the democratic tenets in its activities on national issues. This is as the Presidency has also…

President Donald Trump of the United States written to a Nigerian Newspaper, Naija Standard Newspaper on their contribution to the fight against cyber-crime across the world. According to The Guardian, Trump officially acknowledged…

About 26 industrial customers have elected to sign up to be supplied power directly from power generation companies (Gencos) instead of from the distribution companies (Discos) under the eligible consumers’ scheme approved by the federal…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, explained that defection by legislators, which was a common practice in the first republic, had been prohibited by the 1999 Constitution. Falana cited the case of Abegunde vs Ondo State…

The Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari was still within the time frame allowed by the constitution to consider the revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill sent to him by the National Assembly before assenting to it. The…

Godswill Akpabio, former senate minority leader, says he is not perturbed by the call to declare his seat vacant. Akpabio is representing Akwa Ibom north-west in the upper legislative chamber. On Sunday, the Reformed All…

•APC: no plan to arrest Saraki Plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a hitch-free election next year may be jeopardised, with the National Assembly calling off yesterday its sitting to endorse the…

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday reminded electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) that despite government’s intervention to help bridge the metering gap in the country, the responsibility to…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to among others, restrain the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Department of State Services (DSS) from supporting any effort to sack…

Following uncertainty over the reconvening of the National Assembly, senators in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus yesterday summoned an emergency meeting. There were strong indications that most of the APC Senators were…

Activities leading to the proper take off of the $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Kano pipeline project are in top gear as a new financial arrangement has been secured for the project. The project is now to be financed through a forward sale…